Austria is a Federal Republic. Thomas Klestil is the president and Wolfgang Schuessel is chancellor. About six Austrian Schillings equal a dollar. One of the most beautiful products of Austria is lead crystal. Most Austrians speak German.

The city of Innsbruck was the site of several Winter Olympics. It is a very old city. Outside of a jewelry shop appears this trough for dogs to get a drink of water.

We stayed at the Hotel Grauer Bar. The dining room was dated 1594. Our hotel room had a lovely view of the Alps.

The Golden Roof was a wedding gift to Maria Theresa from King Louis XIV.

We rode in a horse and carriage around a quaint old village.

Afterwards, we enjoyed a performance of Bavarian music.

Shops in the Old City of Salzburg are marked with signs representing their trade, such as a key for a locksmith.

There is a chocolate shop filled with chocolates with Mozart's picture on them.

There is also the summer home of Maria Theresa and her 16 children.

Salzburg was the home of the Von Trapp family whose story was told in The Sound of Music. Some of the scenes from the movie were shot on location here. This garden was where Maria and the children hid from the Nazis. The Salzburg Music Festival is still held in front of the Cathedral.

The physicist Christian Doppler, who discovered the Doppler Effect was also born in Salzburg. His work is the basis for Doppler Radar.

Vienna was the birthplace of the Waltz King,Johann Strauss, Jr. Unfortunately, his childhood home is now a McDonalds. We attended a delightful classical chambermusic concert in a palace owned by the prince of Liechtenstein.

The first half was music of Mozart, and the musicians wore costumes from that period.

The second half was music by Strauss, and the musicians and dancers were dressed in the costumes of his time.

The offices of Austria's president and federal chancellor are located in Vienna in the Hofburg Complex, a former palace of the Hapsburgs.